The developments in land subsidence hit Joshimath in Uttarakhand have triggered an awareness wave that is moving across the Himalayan states. Voices are being raised with renewed vigour and pitch about securing the environment. The message being sent from the hills in this harsh winter is loud and clear: theContinue Reading
Test environments can be a frustrating bottleneck to the testing process and the software development life cycle as a whole. Whether it be unavailable services, devices, or ever-elusive test data, ensuring the right environment for testing creates potential for barriers to shifting left at speed, and cutting corners can putContinue Reading
TUCSON — Linda Shosie drove down the streets of southside Tucson pointing out, across several blocks, what she’s determined are “clusters” of disease. Knocking door-to-door, through home visits and phone calls, she collected testimonies of people who, like her family, suffer from cancer or other severe illness, presumably linked toContinue Reading
On the ninth anniversary of a Charleston specialty chemicals producer’s spill into the Elk River that left 300,000 people without clean drinking water, Dasani water bottles were distributed without ado at an energy talk in Charleston Monday. The talk was between U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and a man whoContinue Reading
Warning: This story contains content that may be distressing for some readers. Saying goodbye is never easy, and choosing how your loved one’s body is laid to rest is one of the hardest things you may ever do. But there is a large movement pushing people to consider the environment.Continue Reading
The city and port of Sunnyside have agreed to spend $12 million developing infrastructure for a potential industrial park, including a renewable natural gas facility. Pacific Ag, an agricultural waste company, has proposed a 60-acre facility with anaerobic digesters that turn livestock and agricultural waste into renewable natural gas, orContinue Reading
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was nothing short of historic for climate change action in the United States. Yet, perspectives from environmental justice groups on what was included, such as support for direct air capture, are now front and center. For one, many environmental justice advocates —Continue Reading
DALLAS — Using gasoline-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers and other landscaping equipment could soon be illegal in Dallas. Citing health, noise and environmental concerns, Dallas officials are developing plans to phase out the use of gas-powered tools for city departments, contractors, businesses and residents by 2027 or 2030. The banContinue Reading
Using gasoline-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers and other landscaping equipment could soon be illegal in Dallas. Citing health, noise and environmental concerns, Dallas officials are developing plans to phase out the use of gas-powered tools for city departments, contractors, businesses and residents by 2027 or 2030. The ban would mandateContinue Reading
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a decision that sheds harsh light on the state’s commitment to environmental justice amid growing drought anxiety, the California Coastal Commission has granted conditional approval to a controversial Monterey Bay desalination project that even the commission’s own staff said would unfairly burden a historically underservedContinue Reading
